Insurable Homes

North Carolina

Home insurance of last resort in Wake County, North Carolina

At 30 June 2026 the North Carolina FAIR Plan insured 9,349 residential risks in Wake County, up 10.2% from a year earlier, with $3.4 billion of residential insured value. That is the 3rd highest count among North Carolina's 100 counties.

FAIR Plan residential, 30 June 20269,349+10.2% in a year
Residential insured value$3.4 billion
FAIR Plan commercial951
Mar 23: 6,3116,311Mar 23Jun 23: 6,483Sep 23: 6,697Dec 23: 6,842Dec 23Mar 24: 7,080Jun 24: 7,296Sep 24: 7,566Sep 24Dec 24: 7,906Mar 25: 8,151Jun 25: 8,482Jun 25Sep 25: 8,812Dec 25: 8,958Mar 26: 9,161Mar 26Jun 26: 9,3499,349Jun 26

NC FAIR Plan residential count in Wake County at each quarter end

Quarter by quarter

Quarter endResidential countResidential insured valueCommercial countTotal count
30 June 20269,349$3.4 billion95110,300
31 March 20269,161$3.3 billion93810,099
31 December 20258,958$3.1 billion1,0119,969
30 September 20258,812$3.0 billion8869,698
30 June 20258,482$2.8 billion9039,385
31 March 20258,151$2.6 billion8468,997
31 December 20247,906$2.4 billion8418,747
30 September 20247,566$2.2 billion7848,350
30 June 20247,296$2.1 billion7208,016
31 March 20247,080$1.9 billion6387,718
31 December 20236,842$1.8 billion5207,362
30 September 20236,697$1.7 billion4227,119
30 June 20236,483$1.5 billion2596,742
31 March 20236,311$1.4 billion2396,550

Nonrenewals, 2018 to 2023

From the Senate Budget Committee's insurer data. More on nonrenewals in Wake.

YearNonrenewalsPolicies in forceNonrenewal rateNorth Carolina rate
20231,923141,6861.36%1.79%
20221,153142,6960.81%0.91%
20211,041140,7120.74%0.78%
2020864141,4540.61%1.05%
20191,127140,6400.80%1.15%
20183,070139,2582.20%2.07%
How to read this. Counts are the pools' published counts of insured risks, which are close to but not always the same as policies. Insured value is the pools' aggregate liability for buildings and contents. A rising count can mean fewer private insurers writing in the area, but the pools do not say why owners joined.

Sources

  1. North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association (NC FAIR Plan), Quarterly financial statements, Aggregate Liability by Counties
  2. US Senate Budget Committee, Homeowners insurance nonrenewal data by county, 2018 to 2023 (December 2024 release)

Checked 29 October 2026. Figures are reproduced as published and are not adjusted.